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petrochemicals

petrochemicals is the plural of petrochemical.

Meaning of petrochemical

Noun

petrochemical (plural petrochemicals)

  1. Any chemical derived from petroleum.
    • Another is a Bloomberg project we're participating in that looks beyond petrochemicals.2023 September 19, Yessenia Funes, “The Father of Environmental Justice Exposes the Geography of Inequity”, in Scientific American
  2. Any chemical derived from any of the fossil fuels: petroleum, natural gas, or coal.
    • As the prices of petroleum, natural gas, and coal fluctuate over the years, the petrochemical industry can to some extent switch feedstocks.

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Questions about petrochemicals

What is petrochemicals the plural of?
Petrochemicals is the plural of petrochemical.

Words near petrochemicals in the dictionary

  1. Petrocelli
  2. Petrocellis
  3. petrochem
  4. petrochemical
  5. petrochemically
  6. petrochemicals
  7. petrochemist
  8. petrochemistry
  9. petrochemists
  10. petrochems
  11. petrochronologic

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